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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

statistical mechanics
    n 1: the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions
         about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of
         statistical laws governing its component particles